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priyanga
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Joined: 26 Aug 2004
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hi,
what is difference b/w zone decimal & pack decimal
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priya
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PACKED DECIMAL reserves half byte per character. To store in packed decimal use COMP-3.
The internal format of storage is 8421.
Zoned decimal reserves one 2B/ 4B / 8B depending on the no of inputs.
Use COMP / BINARY to store in Zoned Decimal.
The internal format is Binary. |
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mmwife
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Hi Pryia,
What you describe as Zoned Decimal is really Binary. Zoned Decimal is External Decimal (usage DISPLAY).
A Zoned Decimal number is represented in storage as e.g. F1F2F3C4 for a positive 1234. The Fs and the C are the zones. |
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